93pts James Suckling

Deep gold hue with a light copper edge. Attractive aromatics of loquat and apricots, with some stones and saffron as well. Very full-bodied and textured on the palate with a bone-dry and nicely tannic center palate that gives it plenty of structure. Firm, dry and appetizing. From organically grown grapes.

Winery Notes 

A picturesque, eastern European wine growing nation, Slovenia can claim one of the most ancient winemaking cultures in all of Europe. Its history dates back to the Celts and Illyrians tribes, well before the Romans had any influence on France, Spain or Germany. But it wasn’t until the 1970s that Slovenia developed a more refined, private-sector wine industry.

Today it is a powerful source of some of the industry’s most important orange wines (whites made with extended skin contact); furthermore, fully three quarters of the country’s wine production is white.

Slovenian weather is continental with hot summers and cold, wet winters. It is divided into three wine regions: Podravje in Slovenia’s northeast; Primorska in its west, close to Italy; and Posavje in its southeast. These are further divided to nine wine districts.